Gun Store Owner Robbed & Beaten

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Award to the BG for having the biggest pair I ever heard of. A gun store? Are you ...

I've seen this a lot, especially back in the UK. So the hoodies are now to blame for criminal behavior? Makes about as much sense as blaming the gun in a shooting.

IMO, it seems to me that it's little different than disallowing backpacks in a store. In the case of a hoodie, it's a built-in mask of sorts, one that can hide faces from cameras, visible apparent intent from onlookers. It's hardly blaming the hoodie for the crime. Not much different than signage that states criminals not wanted (ie, "prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law" type signs).

IMO, it seems to me that it's little different than disallowing backpacks in a store. In the case of a hoodie, it's a built-in mask of sorts, one that can hide faces from cameras, visible apparent intent from onlookers. It's hardly blaming the hoodie for the crime. Not much different than signage that states criminals not wanted (ie, "prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law" type signs).

So I'm not allowed to wear my winter coat into his store because it has a hood?

And so what if I do wear a hoodie? Doesn't mean I'm going to use it's "built in mask" for nefarious purposes any more than I'm going to shoot up a supermarket just because I'm carrying my pistol when I go for groceries.

I'm sorry the guy had this happen to him, but these "no hoodies" signs are beyond rediculous.